In Lee, Mission leaders saw an immigrant ally who couldn’t quell a crisis

The neighborhood best known for its immigrant Latino community and culture had an ally in Mayor Ed Lee – but the alliance was strained by the fallout of Lee’s well-intentioned business and development policies.

Mission nonprofit leaders, like everyone else who came into contact with him, remembered San Francisco’s late Mayor Edwin Lee as almost an anti-politician – humble, gentle, considerate.

Myrna Melgar, who heads up the Jamestown Community Center, danced with him on his birthday. Mario Paz, leading Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, got a…READ MORE